diff --git a/classes/User.php b/classes/User.php
index 32d5bedde1..5dab5c7017 100644
--- a/classes/User.php
+++ b/classes/User.php
@@ -385,8 +385,7 @@ class User extends Memcached_DataObject
 			  'SELECT notice.* ' .
 			  'FROM notice JOIN notice_inbox ON notice.id = notice_inbox.notice_id ' .
 			  'WHERE notice_inbox.user_id = %d ';
-			# NOTE: we override ORDER
-			$order = 'ORDER BY notice_inbox.created DESC, notice_inbox.notice_id DESC ';
+			$order = null;
 		}
 		return Notice::getStream(sprintf($qry, $this->id),
 								 'user:notices_with_friends:' . $this->id,